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School: Maynooth (Pres. Convent)

Location:
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Borgia
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    “The cures for a sty in your eye is to pluck ten gooseberry thorns. point one to the eye each morning for nine mornings throw away the tenth.”

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    The cures for a sty in our eye is to pluck ten gooseberry thorns, point one to the eye each morning for nine morning throw away the tenth.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sties (~76)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maynooth, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mrs C. Duffy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maynooth, Co. Kildare